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God Uses Unlikely People
Contributed by Elmer Towns on Dec 8, 2025 (message contributor)
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1. Judges - Weakness Lesson 1
Contributed on Dec 8, 2025
God uses unlikely people.
A. INTRODUCTION 1. Joshua was a book of victory and conquering, judges a book of defeat. 2. Only two generations from heresy. “So the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the Lord . . . now Joshua ...read more
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2. Samson - Enigmatical Lesson 2
Contributed on Dec 8, 2025
Everything outside God’s will is lost time.
A. INTRODUCTION 1. Why does God allow persecution? To draw us to Himself. “The children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistine forty years” (13:1). 2. Forty years is wasted time. a. Not for God’s preparation. b. Everything ...read more
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3. Half-Breed - Whole Man Of God Lesson 3
Contributed on Dec 8, 2025
Only vow what you know can be done.
A. INTRODUCTION 1. His mother was a social outcast. “He was the son of a harlot” (11:1). a. Social stigma – born out of wedlock. b. Racial stigma – born of a non-Jewish woman. 2. His Father was socially outstanding. “Gilead beget Jephthah” (11:1). a. Was the town of Gilead named after his ...read more
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4. Gideon The Introvert Lesson 4
Contributed on Dec 8, 2025
God leads by common sense, not by luck.
A. THE FOURTH CYCLE OF OPPRESSION 1. Who persecuted Israel? Midianites. “The children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord . . . and He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years” (Judges 6:1). 2. Step-cousins. The Midianites were Ishmaelites. Both came from Abraham. ...read more
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5. Deborah And Jael Lesson 5
Contributed on Dec 8, 2025
People who were captive to sin are now captive to God.
A. THE OPPRESSORS: JUDGES 4:1-22; 5:1-26 1. Threat from the north. “The children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord . . . sold them into the hand of the Jabin king of Canaan . . . the captain was Sisera” (4:1-2). 2. The latest in warfare scares us. “Jabin had 900 chariots of iron” ...read more
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6. Ehud - Deformity Lesson 6
Contributed on Dec 8, 2025
There is strength when a great church (a body of believers) are led by a great leader who will confront evil and give people peace.
A. THE OPPRESSOR OF ISRAEL – EGLON: JUDGES 3:12-14 1. Repeated sin. “The Israelites again did evil in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel” (3:12). a. Why would God use an evil person? As an instrument of punishment for His sinning ...read more
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7. Othniel - From Dominated To Domineering Lesson 7
Contributed on Dec 8, 2025
You don’t have the power to obey until you make a choice to obey.
A. WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM? 1. “In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes” (21:25). a. No spiritual leadership to give godly direction. b. No one preached God’s standard. “In his own eyes.” c. When left to themselves, they turned to the left, i.e., to ...read more